first two lines of the opening stanza go like this‚” The whisky on your breath / Could make a small boy dizzy;” (1-2)‚ right off the bat we are told that his father has drank so much that the vapors around him can affect his small boy‚ whom he is waltzing off to bed. A few lines later the waltz is described in more detail‚” We romped until the pans / Slid from the kitchen shelf;” (5-6)‚ this tells us that the boy obviously did not go willingly‚ since it caused enough ruckus to rattle the pans in the
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People often try to imitate a finished product if it has become popular. When this is done after several years it is considered a revival. Usually the artist or patron has a purpose such as modeling after a powerful culture or religious significance. They may slightly change or mix other styles to make the best of past and present. In Florence Italy there stands a baptistery. It resides west of the Florence Cathedral‚ which was modeled after the baptistery. The Cathedral began in 1296 by
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"Death Race 2000" is a cult classic that was made by cult film maker Paul Bartel; some feel that this film is superior to the film "Rollerball"‚ which came out around the same time as this and features a dystopian setting. It stars David Carradine‚ Simone Griffeth‚ Sandy McCallum‚ and a pre "Rocky" Sylvester Stallone as "Machine-Gun" Joe Viterbo. The film is about racers who try to earn the most points by hitting people in their cars‚ with a different amount of points being awarded depending upon
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Courage. Using these ideas i will illustrate how the setting influenced my understanding of the novel. Lloyd Jones illustrates the idea of brutality throughout the entire novel. Brutality was seen through many characters such as the villagers‚ Matilda‚ Mr Watts‚ The soldiers and Dolores. The villagers live in the state of waiting; hiding and knowing that inevitably they will be found. They are trapped with no physical escape‚ only the escape into the world of imagination. When Mr Watts cannot
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many metaphors in “That time of year” that allude to aging of the speaker such as “In thou see’st the glow of such fire‚ / That on the ashes of his youth doth lie” (8-9). The “waltzing” in “My Papa’s Waltz” is a metaphor the relationship between the father and the speaker. The undertones of the poem point to the “waltzing” or father-son relationship may be
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In Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” the reader is subjected to what can be seen to some as a horrific episode of abuse. However‚ as the reading continues the words and phrases that the narrator uses give the reader a sense that he doesn’t look at this experience as something bad. The speaker is reflecting on a childhood experience involving his father. Both sides could argue as to what this poem is truly about. From my point of view‚ the imagery and language‚ symbolism‚ and tone in the poem give
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In Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace”it takes a lot to get a woman to be grateful even a invitation to the ambassadors ball won’t even do the job. In Guy De Maupassant’s story “The Necklace” a lady named Matilda is all about looks and money and when her husband gets her a invitation to the ambassadors ball she has to go buy a expensive dress and then she gets back a realizes she has no jewelry to wear so her husband suggests that she asks her friend and when
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Women’ s Roles in Power From Late Antiquity to the High Middle Ages The picture that comes to mind when painting the role of women a thousand years ago is a bleak image of women being bound to the home‚ and a slave to back breaking labor around the house while producing as many children as possible‚ with no hope or possibility of a more complex role in society. However‚ and refreshingly‚ this was not the sole place for a woman from late antiquity to the high Middle Ages. While peasants‚ men
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times fondly‚ remembering how easy and nice it all was. In Theodore Roethke’s poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ the speaker does just this. Nostalgically‚ he reflects upon a time when his father would waltz him around the house before taking him off to bed. Waltzing carelessly around the kitchen‚ clutching tightly to his inebriated‚ carefree father‚ knocking pans and pots down off the shelves‚ this is one of the prominent memories that the speaker has of his father. The poem reminisces on these times with his
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